What A Mess

Babies are messy when they feed themselves and Jack is no exception. He loves to pick up his own food now but only a little actually makes it to his mouth. Most ends up on the floor, in his hair or on his clothes. What a mess!

My new pink scooter

This is Madison on her new pink scooter that Santa brought her for Christmas. He forgot the helmet, elbow and knee pads so she has not been able to ride around the neighborhood until recently. She is doing pretty well. We usually walk down to the neighborhood park and she scoots around on the basketball court. She loves to wear her gear down to the park and in the house and that has been a wonderful thing. Madison does not walk anywhere, she runs and falls down alot, so the helment and pads have prevented alot of skinned knees and other boo-boo's.

Swimming at the Y

Madison is taking swimming lessons at the local YMCA and except for refusing to get her whole face in the water she is doing very well. She loves going out to the middle of the pool with the kick board or noodle and of course her instuctor and since she usually the only one that shows up she is getting private lessons. I chose to write about the swimming after we had our 3rd lesson because of the drama that we had during the 2nd lesson. This post could have also been called I told you so, part 2....Madison was sitting on the edge of the pool waiting for her turn and she kept sitting closer and closer to the edge. I kept telling her scoot back, your to close to the edge, you are going to fall in. And what do you think happened...she fell in. We are only in the 3 foot pool so I knew she would not drown, but I heart sank a little, and when she came up she was screaming and as she started to go down again a man getting out of the pool pulled her out and put her back on the edge. After she calmed down she went on with her lesson as if nothing had happened.

First Play Date in SC

We are now getting into the swing of things again and are feeling at home here now that we have a play group. And our first play date was at, where else, but Chuck E Cheese. We are in a playgroup through my MOPS group. We are making lots of great new friends and having lots of fun. However, I was the only one with a camera, so I just took a quick picture of Madison and Jack on the Bob the Builder ride.

The Polar Express

Train helper holding Jack while signing songs. Jack was fascinated with her hat.



Madison getting in another request to Santa



Madison and Jack



Madison made a friend, Sarah, who was across the aisle with her mom. She pretty much ditched us the whole way so they could sit together and sing.


Before Christmas, (I'm just a little behind on blogging) we went on the Polar Express train ride. My parents took Madison, Jack and I and it was so much fun. We left from Bryson City, NC on the Great Smokey Mountain Railway and took a half hour ride to the North Pole. On the way to the North Pole we were served hot chocolate and a snack, were read the Polar Express Christmas story and sang Christmas songs. Once at the North Pole, we saw Santa and a couple of elves and they boarded the train and rode back and Santa stopped by and spoke to each child. Madison loved that because it was an extra chance to ask for Fairy Wishes Dora and a scooter. The helper on the train cars had a few children at a time march up and down the aisles with bells helping to sing. It was a great picture opportunity, however, I forgot my camera and my dad's battery was running low so most of the pictures turned out blurey. Oh well, we had a great time. Jack even let one of the helpers hold him and go up and down the aisle.

Book review

Well I just finished reading GET OUT OF THAT PIT...STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT GOD'S DELIVERANCE by a former pit dweller, Beth Moore. I have been waiting for this book to come out for about a month now and have been drawn to it since I saw the title in a Christian book magazine that I get. The Pit - "You feel stuck and lose your vision, you feel to buried in your present state to feel passionate about the future". Beth is clear that only God can get you out and keep you out. She gives you 3 steps to get out and gives you a week's worth of prayers to pray to get you started. Cause sometimes you just don't know what to pray.
This book is an easy read and she uses humor and her life experiences to explain things. I think most women need to read this, because even if you are not in a pit, you are sure to know someone who is. And even though we can help each other we need to keep the pit dweller focused on the One and Only Deliverer, Jesus.